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Exodus 24:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Exodus 24:18

Verse 18 of 18

Scripture focus

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 24:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Exodus 24:18

Theological / Devotional

Into the midst of the cloud. Leaving Joshua, Moses entered the cloud and remained there “forty days and forty nights” (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 313). During this entire time he was without food (Deuteronomy 9:9; cf. 1 Kings 19:8; Matthew 4:2).

Moses’ experience here was extraordinary. It impresses the lesson that communion with God imparts to the soul its truest strength and sweetest refreshment. Without it the spirit faints (see Luke 18:1), the world steals in upon us, our thoughts and words become “of the earth, earthy” (1 Corinthians 15:47), and we neither have spiritual life in ourselves nor can impart it to others. It is in communion with God that gifts are received for men. It was so with Moses; it is so with us. The further fact that Moses was alone with God suggests the value of secret prayer (Matthew 6:6). Even in the whirl and bustle of a great city, solitude with God and silent supplication bring help for meeting the issues of the day.

By SdaBc